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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 11:15 AM
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I've just installed a new clutch in the car using KarlosG's very helpful thread. However the slave cylinder doesn't seem to have enough throw on it. I've adjusted it so I can get gears but it seems to riding all the time. I can't really tell yet as I've not driven the car much but when I drove it home the other day there was a distinct smell of clutch.

Can anyone shed light on longer throw slave cylinders? I've got a wilwood 0.625 master cylinder

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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 11:18 AM
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And I'm using the Honda prelude slave cylinder
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 11:51 AM
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i used the wilwwod slave but had to move it along the arm to get a decent amount of travel
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 01:57 PM
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I think Nigel has the answer.
You will have to pick a point on the gearbox clutch release lever that works with the range of motion of your slave cylinder. You will probably have to effectively shorten the gearbox release lever as the slave cylinder does not move the same distance as the old cable set up.
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Old Oct 7, 2013 | 03:36 PM
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How high is your clutch pedal? Maybe raise it a little on the adjuster to give more travel (assuming the MC is not at full stop).
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 09:03 PM
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mine is about 3 inches from pivot point of arm
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Old Oct 10, 2013 | 09:18 PM
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if its any help this is what mine used to have,got it from gary hughes (crazycage)
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